Galerie Fontana

Techniek: Oak, laquer paint, brass, glass

Formaat: 81,2 x 30 x 23 cm

Authenticiteit: Kunstwerk gesigneerd door de kunstenaar Certificaat bij kunstwerk

Editie: uniek werk

Prijsklasse: € 4.000 - € 6.000

Status: te koop

Untitled, 2019

I was born and raised in the neighborhood of Antwerp, in the north of Belgium. During my youth and study years, I went to many art academies where I studied architecture and visual arts. After my studies I had the urge to do something with everything I had done and what I had experienced. As if I was saying goodbye to my memories and only wanted to allow dreams and desires. Those feelings are still the driving force behind my work and an inspiration to me. It gives me the urge to create spaces were I can full fill my desires and questioning my experiences of live. The images and fragments derived therefrom, I reuse for my work. That’s why mixed materials, shapes and locations are assembled together into architectural transformations; usually sculptures and installations. Neither the installations nor the sculptures are exact copies from reality even though that impression is sometimes awakened by working with models and plans. Doors, stairs and the use of glass and steel in particular are important elements in my work. I refer to the fact that I grew up as a child in a modernistic apartment building. Doors, staircases, and more generally (the suggestion to) passageways and level differences have therefore become a constant desire. Especially the thought or the longing for a place somewhere at a certain time, past or future, are the step towards making this works.